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American Revolution (1775-1783)
Total U.S. Servicemembers1 Battle Deaths Non-mortal Woundings
217,000 4,435 6,188
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total U.S. Servicemembers Battle Deaths Non-mortal Woundings
286,730 2,260 4,505
Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (VA estimate) Battle Deaths (VA estimate)
106,000 1,000
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Total U.S. Servicemembers Battle Deaths Other Deaths (In Theater) Non-mortal Woundings
78,718 1,733 11,550 4,152
Civil War (1861-1865)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Union) Battle Deaths (Union) Other Deaths (In Theater) (Union) Non-mortal Woundings (Union) Total Servicemembers (Conf.) 2 Battle Deaths (Confederate) 3 Other Deaths (In Theater) (Confederate) 3, 4 Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate)
2,213,363 140,414 224,097 281,881
1,050,000 74,524 59,297
Unknown
Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) Battle Deaths Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) Non-mortal Woundings
306,760 385
2,061 1,662
World War I (1917-1918)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) Battle Deaths Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) Non-mortal Woundings
4,734,991 53,402 63,114 204,002
World War II (1941 ?1945)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)
16,112,566
Battle Deaths
291,557
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)
113,842
Non-mortal woundings
670,846
Living Veterans 5
389,000
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NOTES:
1. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is the median of estimated
range from 184,000 ? 250,000.
2. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is median of estimated
range from 600,000 ? 1,500,000.
3. Death figures are based on incomplete returns.
4. Does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in Union prisons.
5. Estimate based upon new population projection methodology.
Source: Department of Defense (DOD), except living veterans, which are VA estimates as of Sept. 2019
Korean War (1950-1953)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) Total Serving (In Theater) Battle Deaths Other Deaths (In Theater) Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) Non-mortal Woundings Living Veterans
5,720,000 1,789,000
33,739 2,835 17,672 103,284 1,165,000
Vietnam War (1964-1975)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 6 Deployed to Southeast Asia 7 Battle Deaths 8 Other Deaths (In Theater) 8 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 8 Non-mortal Woundings 9 Living Veterans 5, 10
8,744,000 3,403,000
47,434 10,786 32,000 153,303 6,262,000
Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991)
Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) Deployed to Gulf
2,225,000 694,550
Battle Deaths Other Deaths (In Theater) Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) Non-mortal Woundings Living Veterans 5, 10
148 235 1,565 467 1,680,000
America's Wars Total (1775 -1991)
U.S. Military Service during Wartime
Battle Deaths Other Deaths (In Theater) Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) Non-mortal woundings Living War Veterans11 Living Veterans (Periods of War & Peace)
41,892,128 651,031 308,800 230,254
1,430,290 14,918,000 19,210,000
Global War on Terror (Oct 2001 ? Sept 2021)
The Global War on Terror (GWOT), including Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), were ongoing conflicts. The GWPT ended September 11, 2021, the twentieth anniversary of the attacks. For the most current GWOT statistics visit the following Department of Defense Website:
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6. Covers the period 8/5/64 - 1/27/73 (date of cease fire) 7. Department of Defense estimate 8. Covers period 11/1/55 ? 5/15/75 9. Excludes 150,341 not requiring hospital care 10. Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) estimate, as of 4/09, does not include those still on active duty and may include veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. 11.Living War Veterans include Gulf War Era Veterans in addition to Desert Shield/Storm Veterans, Peacetime Veterans are 4,292,000 as of 9/30/2019 America's Wars Fact Sheet, Nov. 2019
Nov. 2023
American Revolution Last Veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman,
died 4/5/1869, age 109 Last Widow, Catherine S. Damon,
died 11/11/1906, age 92 Last Dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter,
died 4/25/1911, age 90 War of 1812 Last Veteran, Hiram Cronk,
died 5/13/1905, age 105 Last Widow, Carolina King,
died 6/28/1936, age unknown Last Dependent, Esther A.H. Morgan,
died 3/12/1946, age 89
Indian Wars Last Veteran, Fredrak Fraske,
died 6/18/1973, age 101 World War I Last Veteran, Frank Buckles,
died 2/27/2011, age 110
Mexican War Last Veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar,
died 9/3/1929, age 98 Last Widow, Lena James Theobald,
died 6/20/1963, age 89 Last Dependent, Jesse G. Bivens,
died 11/1/1962, age 94 Civil War Last Union verified Veteran, Albert Woolson,
died 8/2/1956, age 109 Last Confederate verified Veteran, Pleasant Crump,
died 12/21/1951, age 104 Last Union Widow, Gertrude Janeway,
died 1/17/2003, age 93 Last Confederate Widow, Maudie Hopkins
died 8/1/2008, age 93 Spanish-American War Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook,
died 9/10/1992, age 106
VA estimates the number of living World War II U.S. veterans will be:*
9/30/24................84,446 9/30/28............;..17,845 9/30/32.........;.......2,910 9/30/36....................352
9/30/25..............58,697 9/30/29.............11,618 9/30/33..............1,770 9/30/37.................195
9/30/26..............40,127 9/30/30...............7,446 9/30/34...............1,056 9/30/38.................106
* Estimates have changed based on new population projections.
U.S. Veterans and Dependents on Benefits Rolls as of November 2023
9/30/27.............26,979 9/30/31...............4,695 9/30/35.................617 9/30/39..................55
Spanish-American War Mexican Border World War I World War II Philippines Korean Conflict Vietnam Era Gulf War 1 Peacetime
GWOT
VETERANS 0 0 0
17,689 295
81,470 1,495,254 3,387,022
814,593
1,311,249
CHILDREN 14 0 495
5,404 117
1,566 4,838 6,705 1,271
3,757
PARENTS 0 0 0 0 1 0
309 2,331
388
1,179
SURVIVING SPOUSES
21 2
358 63,002 1,250 60,307 365,874 47,010 44,960
13,327
Non service-connected2
155,148
5,329
0
105,465
Service-connected2
5,641,175
15,081
3,029
477,319
1. For compensation and pension purposes, the Persian Gulf War period has not yet been terminated and includes Veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring, and New Dawn. 2. This total includes peacetime veterans receiving benefits
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